At 2018-08-22T11:19:46-0700, erbenton wrote: > Hi, > The description of trunc reads: > These functions round x to the nearest integer not larger in absolute value. > Which is confusing, can we just say > These functions round x to the nearest integer less than the absolute value > of x. > > so round (1.2) becomes 1.0? and round(-1.2) becomes -1.0? > > I encounter this description style every now and then in man pages and its > really confusing. > I would search for all instances of "not larger than" and "not less than" > and change them to a simplified description. > There are other descriptions using different sentence structures that are > also like this but use double negatives. > if i come across them again I will let you know. Using your language, what happens to "round(1.0)"? It must round to 0, because 0 is the largest integer _less than_ 1. There is a fundamental difference between open and closed intervals in mathematics, and that difference appears here. -- Regards, Branden
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